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Originally Posted by Cherie
Isn't the difference here that Chuff comments on people who put themselves in the public eye do they must expect some negative as well as positives, their kids are off limits as they don't have a choice?
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No, that's not a difference at all. In fact I'd say that's akin to victim blaming. 'Well they volunteered to be on TV so I get to call them a wh*re, say they're ugly, that they are bad parents, that they don't care about being recently bereaved'. Someone being on television does not grant you a carte blanche mandate to be as nasty and misogynistic as you possibly can. They are just people on a screen, it's perfectly possible to dislike somebody on reality TV or in the public eye without sinking to such levels, all that's required is a good moral compass.
The difference here is that Chuff's comments are deliberately and intentionally malicious - she is not joking. Frankie Boyle is a comedian, doing comedy up on a comedy stage. Jokes are not serious remarks that are intentionally malicious, and his particular brand of comedy works on the shock factor of the joke, not what he's said per se. To be outraged over a joke about a disabled person but have no issues making disparaging sexist/racist comments oneself is complete double standards, and shows that one's priorities are totally misplaced. Also, to decry that racially insensitive costumes are 'just a bit of fun!!!!' and any criticism is 'PC gone mad' but to then have an issue with a comedian's
jokes which is precisely the same thing, is all kinds of absurd.
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Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy
Morals or lack of them Cherie !!
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For the third time in this thread, the only person with a lack of morals is the one who finds pleasure in mocking the appearance of people they've never met, and going so low as to criticise the recently bereaved. That's the very definition of morally bereft. But keep trying!